Biography
Derrick Barnes is an American author. He is known for writing several popular series of children's books and is a former staff writer for Hallmark greeting cards. In 2018 Barnes received several awards that include the Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Award for his 2017 book Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut.
Barnes' books celebrate African American culture and feature positive images of black children in everyday life.
Barnes' books celebrate African American culture and feature positive images of black children in everyday life.
Books by Derrick Barnes
Incredibly Human Henson Blayze
Who Got Game? : Basketball
Who Got Game? : Basketball
Yo Soy Cada Cosa Buena
Yo Soy Cada Cosa Buena
Like Lava in My Veins
Santa Has Got to Go
Santa Has Got to Go
Santa's Gotta Go!
Santa's Gotta Go!
Queen of Kindergarten
Queen/King of Kindergarten 10-
Queen/King of Kindergarten 10-Copy Mixed Floor Display with Riser and Signed Copies of Queen
Reine de la Maternelle
Victory. Stand! Raising My Fist for Justice
I Am Every Good Thing
King of the Classroom
King of the Classroom
Roi de la Maternelle
Roi de la Maternelle
The King of Kindergarten
We could be brothers
I Am a God
I Am a God
What Do You Believe? I Am a Go
What Do You Believe? I Am a God
I Made My Own Bed
I Made My Own Bed
Ruby and the Booker boys. Brand new school, brave new Ruby
Ruby Flips for attention
Trivia Queen, 3rd Grade Suprem
Trivia Queen, 3rd Grade Supreme (Ruby and the Booker Boys)
The slumber party payback
Trivia queen, third-grade supreme
The making of Dr. Truelove
Stop, drop, and chill
The low-down, bad-day blues